NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization, as several hundred hackers, engineers and data scientists have left the agency, leaving a significant impact on national security.washingtonpost.com(See also Trump Effect, Assaults on Government)

After watching a report on Fox & Friends, Donald Trump caught Republican leadership by surprise with a tweet about FISA renewal, horrifying GOP leadership, given that it was the opposite of the party position... which was followed up by another tweet reversing his stance on the issue.axios.com(See also Reversals)

Per a source close to Republican leaders: “I have decided that the only way to stay sane in Trump’s Washington is to ignore everything he says.“

Assessments

2016.12.23 "Trump's Nuclear Weapons Tweet, Translated and Explained" (New York Times)"'This is such a North Korean statement in its flavor,' Mr. Pollack said of Mr. Trump’s Twitter post. But, he quickly added, 'this could just be the Obama statement in Trump speak.' It is that uncertainty, he and Mr. Narang warned, as much as or possibly more than any policy change, that could force nuclear competitors to react in ways that add serious risk to a world that already has plenty."